• ikilledlaurapalmer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This could bring a lot of new users based on the name of the app and past popularity. I don’t use the Play store but will this automatically update over the old Reddit app? Too bad Apollo didn’t pull the same thing.

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      1 year ago

      A few of the big third party developers on android have started work. Boost, Slide and Infinity are some others.

      Who would have thought that pissing off a bunch of really experienced excellent app developers would mean they’d throw their talent into making apps for your competition.

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      I am one of the user that switched over to Lemmy, just because of Sync. I heart about Lemmy when I opened Sync for Reddit in July, when it wasn’t working anymore. But app showed a message, that Sync for Lemmy is comming. So I created an account on Lemmy. Regarding automatic update over old Reddit app I don’t think so. I think it has different package name than Sync for Reddit.

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      1 year ago

      If you liked Apollo give Voyager a try, they made it to look and feel very similar. It’s a WPA so it’s cross platform and there’s no app store involved.

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    I’ve been using connect, it was buggy at first but they did multiple updates and I’m growing fond of it. I will probably download and check out sync and boost. But connect has the advantage of being here first and I’ve spent a whole month getting used to it.

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    1 year ago

    I’ve been usimg Jerboa since I started with Lemmy but it hasn’t fully convinced me yet. What app do you recommend? I am looking to replicate the look and feel of RIF.

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      I’ve been using Connect, which is much more polished than jerboa. As a sync user for almost a decade though, I’ll be there day 1.

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      I’m in the same exact boat as you friend, used rif for basically a decade. I’ve been using Jerboa as well, it’s alright but I know what you mean, not the same. I have heard a lot of good things about boost, they’re still finishing up their app, you can find it in the app store and pre-register now. I’m hoping that finishes soon and can fill that void, it looks like it can be customized to look kinda similarly to rif.

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      I always used RiF and never tried any other third party app because I didn’t feel the need to. Coming to lemmy I tried every alternative I found and stayed with Voyager (formerly wefwef). It’s a WPA inspired by the defunct Apollo client for reddit and I’m liking it even more than RiF, although it’s quite different. Being a WPA streamlines the development and it shows, it reached v1.0 a few days ago. Jerboa was ok when it was the only alternative to plain web interface, but right know is quite behind imo.